Pocket Gamer Hall of Fame
Best of the best
What do baseball, rock 'n' roll, and the WWE have in common?
Nope? Give up? God, this is too easy.
Well, each of these fine cultural institutions has its own official Hall of Fame.
(As a side-quest, see if you can guess which Hall of Fame legendary US outfielder Pete Rose belongs to. Clue: it's not the one you think.)
All-time greatsInspired by these three great establishments and fuelled by equal measures of alcohol and nostalgia, the powers that be at Steel Media decided to establish a Pocket Gamer Hall of Fame in August 2012.
In this venerable Hall, we celebrate the contribution of brilliant writers who have risen to prominence on these hallowed PG pages and left an indelible impression on the site's readership. A veritable who's who of the mobile games business, if you will.
Without further ado, then, may I present to you the next group of inductees* to be elected into the Pocket Gamer Hall of Fame.
Let's call them 'The Class of 2013'. They'll like that.
Mike Abolins-Farrell From: Bristol, England Years active at PG: 2005-2007 Current employer: Nokia Special skill: Writes stories for the world's biggest Finnish mobile phone maker Signature story: Mobile games platforms explained Twitter: @michael_abolins |
Owain Bennallack From: Australia Years active at PG: 2005-2012 Current employer: The Motley Fool Special skill: Very good with numbers. Even better with figures Signature story: iPhone launch hysteria in the US Twitter: @bennallack |
Ed Fear From: Bristol, England Years active at PG: 2006-2008 Current employer: Mediatonic Special skill: Can identify any Lady Gaga song from just the opening bar Signature story: Final Fantasy Twitter: @edfear |
Matt Sakuraoka-Gilman From: Malvern, England Years active at PG: 2011-2012 Current employer: GamesMaster Special skill: Is fluent in Japanese, English, and Dragon Signature story: The 20 most memorable portable gaming tunes Twitter: @gmaniacal |
Will Wilson
From: Cambridge, England Years active at PG: 2009-2012 Current employer: NaturalMotion Special skill: Podcast host extraordinaire Signature story: Pocket Gamer podcast: Gamescom '12 special Twitter: @wjfwilson |
Stuart Dredge From: Bishop's Stortford, England Years active at PG: 2005-2010 Current employer: Freelance Special skill: Can type, tweet, and edit copy simultaneously Signature story: Do we really need Twitter in our mobile games? Twitter: @stuartdredge |
Tracy Erickson From: Oregon, USA Years active at PG: 2007-2011 Current employer: Unity Special skill: Can filter the gaming wheat from the chaff blindfolded Signature story: Dead Space for iPhone was almost an on-rails shooter Twitter: @tracyerickson |
Fraser MacInnes From: Orkney Islands, Scotland Years active at PG: 2005-2010 Current employer: Danke Games Special skills: Boundless enthusiasm and slight madness (Mr One Thumb?) Signature story: Top ten Xbox Live Arcade games that should be ported to the iPhone Twitter: @frasermacinnes |
Ben Maxwell From: Bristol, England Year active at PG: 2010 Current employer: Edge Special skill: A social ninja with unbridled creativity Signature story: FarmVille iPhone diary: Day one on the farm Twitter: @iamthemanta |
Keith Stuart
From: Frome, England Years active at PG: 2006-2009 Current employer: The Guardian Special skill: Relentless niceness Signature story: Big Brain Academy Twitter: @keefstuart |
*Yep, you guessed it: there WILL be even more. Wondering about who might make it into the Hall of Fame in the future? Check out our current superstar roster here.